Fusion
The primitives in Fusion do not work well and should be avoided in a parametric design. You are better off creating a component with a sketch and revolve then position the component on the tripod with a joint.
The leg component should look something like this. see attached file. You can then create a pattern for the other legs.
Mark Hughes
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when you say "construction line" are you talking about a Construction Axis (AKA "Work Axis"):
or a sketch construction line:
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
@wadeJ4J2S You might find this tutorial helpful on assemblies. Shows how to add joint to a tripod from Basic Training examples.
https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-DE65A081-8233-456E-A930-F0D5FEB94277
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You could use plane at angle to create a construction plane aligned with one of the edges to create your sketch on.
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@wadeJ4J2S wrote:
I used construction lines to create wire-frame of a tetrahedron so that I'd know where to put the axes of the legs.
Another easy way is use your wire frame with a Pipe feature. Note Pipe will not let you select construction type curves.
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